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Episode 60: I Stopped Making These 7 Excuses. Here’s What Happened
I grew up with an entrepreneurial father and had the benefit of watching him take...
Episode 59: How This Photographer Turned Her Portraits Into a New Car (and you can, too) with Jill Daugherty
My student, Jill Daughtery, was constantly frazzled, doubting herself and stretching herself thin....
Episode 55: How This Mom Doubled Her Salary (with Photography) When She Lost Her 9-5 Job
During the pandemic, Jean Lachat unexpectedly lost her well-paying job with benefits and...
Episode 53: What Your Photography Clients Actually Want
If you could only read your photography client's minds, am I right? Well, with a few easy tweaks...
Episode 51: How to Overcome Your “Creepy Photographer” Fear
Does approaching and marketing to a potential photography client who you'd love to photograph make...
Episode 49: What to Do When You are Hit With a Large Unexpected Expense
It happens to all of us at some point in our photography business. The dreaded, unexpected, huge...
Episode 48: The 5 Biggest Takeaways from Go Boutique Live
I want to welcome all of my photographer friends back from Go Boutique Live with a special...
Episode 47: Photography Studio Manager Confessions: A Conversation with Andria, My Studio Manager
For the last 15 years, I've worked side by side with Andria, my studio manager. She started with...
Episode 231 – How This Mom of 7 Kids Went from Dabbling with Holiday Mini-Sessions to A $1,700 Order with the Boutique Model
Sarah Petty: Alicia Sorenson was a new photographer stuck offering holiday mini sessions because that's what she thought she had to do. But with seven kiddos, the lifestyle that comes with digital files wasn't working for her. After making a change to the boutique...
Episode 230 – These 5 Students Watched Me Sell $10,000 of Images. Here’s What They Learned
Sarah Petty: The audience of summer camp is filled with photographers from all over the world. Some have been professional photographers for decades, and others are newer at this. The key is they are surrounding themselves with people who are going to lift them...
Episode 229 – 3 Mistakes I Made in July’s Sales Presentations That Could Have Ruined the Sale
I've been running a professional photography business for 26 years, and I still make mistakes. The key is every time I make a mistake, I look at it as a lesson to learn. Today I'm spilling the beans of what I did wrong with 60 professional photographers watching me,...
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